February 19, 2023
Joe Stevens' Life and Work in Magic Impacted The World's Greatest Magicians and Mentalists


I first met Joe in-person back in 2007, but I have known about him and Stevens Magic Emporium since I was in my teens in the mid 1980s. I would regularly see their ads and famous Dove logo in catalogues, magic magazines and literature, on convention promotions and more. I never ordered from their catalog as I lived near another brick-and-mortar magic store in Champaign, IL, and would often just walk in and get or order whatever I needed. However, after moving my family from Seattle, WA to the Wichita, KS area back in 2005, Stevens Magic Emporium naturally became my go-to source for anything I needed!
Over the years, I had repeated long chats with Joe in the men's locker room at our local downtown YMCA. He was an avid handball player. I'm a swimmer. But we would often see each other in the locker room after workouts; I'd tell him of my time on the road doing shows and he'd fill me in on some of the latest things in the magic world.
I'll never forget him inviting me to have breakfast with him and a few other magicians at the very last World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. I've never been much for attending those things (I'm usually too busy!) but he made that time memorable and fun. It was at that time I began meeting and getting to know some of the most famous magicians in the world.


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